Perkins v. Alves

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS NAZARETH PERKINS, * * Petitioner, * v. * * NELSON ALVES, * Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-12037-ADB * Respondent. * * * * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BURROUGHS, D.J. On February 28, 2019, a Suffolk County Superior Court jury found Petitioner Nazareth Perkins (“Petitioner”) guilty of armed and masked robbery in violation of

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 17, following which he was sentenced to fifteen to twenty years in prison. [ECF Nos. 1, 17]. Before the Court is Petitioner’s request for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. [ECF No. 1…